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Jaguars' Mike Mularkey loses cool after questionable call (VIDEOS)

The strain is starting to show halfway through Mike Mularkey's first season helming the Jacksonville Jaguars. The head coach saw several close calls go against his team in its 27-10 loss to the Indianapolis

A 1-yard TD run by Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck that gave Indy a 17-0 second-quarter lead — video replays showed no conclusive evidence he actually broke the plane on the fourth-and-goal play and actually seemed to struggle controlling the ball as it slid down his hip — set Mularkey off. He tossed his playsheet and headset onto the field in frustration after the call (officials confirmed it as a touchdown after an automatic scoring review), drawing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty.

"I lost my composure because of it," Mularkey said. "I knew it was going to be reviewed. I certainly thought the review would see what everybody else saw."

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But that wasn't all.

Jaguars wideout Cecil Shorts appeared to snare a 29-yard pass along the sideline on the ensuing series, but the play was overturned by a Colts challenge.

An interception from Luck earlier in the first half was nullified by a questionable roughing the passer penalty.

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But even if all of these calls had gone Jacksonville's way, Mularkey's bunch hardly showed over the course of the evening that it was capable of competing with the up-and-coming Colts, who improved to 6-3 a year after going 2-14.

The Jaguars are off to a franchise-worst 1-8 start, and that could be the real reason Mularkey is losing his cool. The way things are going, he may not get the chance to lead the team to a better start in 2013.

Said Mularkey: "We have to overcome ourselves. When we do that, we'll start winning games."